{{About|the district of Prague||}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Vysočany | other_name = | settlement_type = Administrative District of Prague | image_skyline = Prague Vysocany Town Hall.jpg | image_caption = Prague 9 town hall in Vysočany | image_shield = Praha 9 - Znak.jpg | motto = | nickname = | etymology = <!-- location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Czech Republic | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = Region | subdivision_name2 = Prague | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = <!-- maps and coordinates --> | image_map = Praha KÚ Vysočany.png | map_caption = Location of Vysočany in Prague | pushpin_map = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|50|6|45|N|14|29|43|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- established --> | established_title = | established_date = 1902 <!-- area -->| area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 6.07 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = <!-- elevation --> | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = <!-- population --> | population_as_of = 2021 | population_footnotes = <ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Results of the 2021 Census - Open data|language=cs|url=https://csu.gov.cz/produkty/vysledky-scitani-2021-otevrena-data|work=Public Database|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|date=2021-03-27}}</ref> | population_total = 17465 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_demonym = <!-- time zone(s) --> | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 190 00
<!-- website, footnotes -->| website = http://www.praha9.cz | footnotes = }} '''Vysočany''' (German: Wissotschan) is a part of Prague in the Prague 9 administrative district (partly in Prague 3), Czech Republic. It lays in the eastern part of Prague around the valley with Rokytka river.History *The first recorded information about Vysočany is from 1115 when the duke Vladislav I. gave Vysočany vineyards to Kladruby monastery. *In 1896 - Emil Kolben - important Czech engineer and entrepreneur (former employee and friend of Thomas Edison) founded its factory which later became the famous ČKD. This strongly influenced Vysočany as a heavily industrial district of Prague. *In the year 1902 - the emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria awarded Vysočany with the title of city and the right to use its coat of arms. *1911 - Vysočany Town Hall was built *In 1922 - Vysočany became part of Prague. *In 1939 - after the Nazi invasion of Prague. The majority of industrial production had to be refocused on military production to support Nazi-Germany war *In 1942 - several families from Vysočany were involved in the Operation Anthropoid (assassination of Reinhard Heydrich) *In 1945 - during the end of World War II the district was heavily damaged during the Bombing of Prague. The targets were factories which were forced to produce military material. *In 1968 - after the invasion of Russian armies - there was a special convention of the Czechoslovak Communist Party held in Vysočany which strongly condemned the invasion of the Soviet armies. *Since 1990s - the new era after Velvet Revolution saw Vysočany transforming from heavily industrial district to new modern residential part of Prague. Big part of construction is focused on the "brown-fields" after former factories.
== Infrastructure == *Vysočany has 2 metro stations on the line B: Vysočanská and Kolbenova. *2 train stations (Praha-Vysočany and Praha-Libeň). *The oldest airport in Prague Kbely lies partly in Vysočany.
== Demographics == {{historical population|1869|1766|1880|2334|1890|3329|1900|4406|1910|6896|1921|8554|1930|15762|1950|18207|1961|17202|1970|13018|1980|10352|1991|8203|2001|8019|2011|15219|2021|17465|align=none|cols=3|source=Censuses<ref>{{cite web |title=Historický lexikon obcí České republiky 1869–2011 – Praha|url=https://csu.gov.cz/docs/107508/8e8d8a88-22cc-41a3-b523-7b0fbab7c040/130084150100.pdf?version=1.0|publisher=Czech Statistical Office|language=cs|date=2015-12-21}}</ref><ref name=":0" />}}
== Interesting facts == *The tallest residential building in the Czech Republic Rezidence Eliška is in Vysočany. *Vineyard Máchalka is the only one left in the almost 1000-year history of vine production in Vysočany. It was renewed in 1998. *Part of the Pragovka factory was rebuilt to an artist/community center *The largest flea market in Prague is in Vysočany district in the U Elektry street. *O2 Arena (Prague) with the shopping mall Galerie Harfa and Harfa Business District is generally considered as Vysočany although officially lies in Libeň district.
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==External links== * [http://www.praha9.cz -- Official site of the Prague 9] {{Commons category|Vinohrady (Prague)|position=left}}
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